Posted By
Litwr
on 2014-03-04
04:44:50
|  Nintendo joystick transformed to Commodore, Atari, etc
I'd cannibalized a Nintendo joystick (removed IC, ...) and soldered wires directly to the toggle switches.
The old Nintendo connector is not wired with this updated joystick.
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Posted By
MIK
on 2014-03-04
07:47:09
 | Re: Nintendo joystick transformed to Commodore, Atari, etc
To be honest you should of sold it as I'm sure it's a rare stick for a NES and then bought a proper one. The NES one must be worth more than the classic 9pin version!
and here is my REAL one, no soldering required!
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Posted By
marcos64
on 2014-03-05
16:31:45
| Re: Nintendo joystick transformed to Commodore, Atari, etc
The NES version has 2 buttons. For a C16/Plus4 this is not important (I suppose) but for a C64 you can add another D9 conector and connect the second button to the space bar.
Perhaps will it work for a TED computer too?
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Posted By
MIK
on 2014-03-05
17:53:24
| Re: Nintendo joystick transformed to Commodore, Atari, etc
I long forget but...
If you set key commands only in a program to detect a joystick then "SPACE" is FIRE on one of the ports???
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Posted By
Litwr
on 2014-03-06
10:38:12
| Re: Nintendo joystick transformed to Commodore, Atari, etc
This joystick had even 4 buttons! However only two are useful for C+4. I don't see any problem to connect the second button to other joystick port. So it may be fire, up, left, right, or left. My transformation allows to use both buttons as fire - it allows to use 2 fingers. One finger fires, other rests. 
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